SAMI has Computer Science focus area within our Physical Science Pathway. It is designed to provide students with a thoughtful progression of classes to prepare them for computer science related post high pathway.
As part of Exploring Comp Sci, Comp Sci Principles and advanced learning student learn HTML and CSS to build webpages. These pages were made from the ground up by the students!
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Point Ruston Waterway During Sunset
Ruston Way is one of my favorite places to visit. I have so many fond memories of trips to Ruston with my friends on Fridays during lunch. There's countless things to do at Ruston. You could go walk around the park, explore all the little shops, ride the little rental bicycles up and down Ruston Way. The list goes on. An all around favorite at Ruston is Ice Cream Social. An all natural ice cream shop founded right in Tacoma. Click the link below to view their menu.
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View of Brown's Point Lighthouse Park
The Brown's Point Lighthouse Park is one of my favorite evening spots. The sunset and view of Tacoma over the water never fail to amaze me. The park is super small and there's not much you can necessarily do there, but it's only a couple of minutes from my house so I often find myself at the lighthouse after school and on the weekends. I lose so many hours at Brown's Point reading, walking the dogs, or even whale watching. I've been fortunate enough to see all kinds of animals while hanging around the lighthouse. The Brown's Point Lighthouse Park also homes a cute little cottage that is open to the public for rental.
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View of Proctor Street Corner
I find myself in the Proctor District of Tacoma at least once a week. There's so many little mom and pop owned shops to visit, a tiny movie theather named the Blue Mouse, and a couple restaurants to visit if you're feeling hungry, and two larger stores for actual grocery shopping. What more could I possible need? My all time favorite store to visit when in proctor is the Metropolitan Market. There's a large array of foods you can while there and their vegetarian options never disapoint. Right now I think my go to is their vegetable sushi and a the Metropolitan Market brand lemon Italian soda. There's so many other things that I have to try.
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Point Defiance Rose Garden Entrance in Full Bloom
The Point Defiance Park is essentially my second home. I absolutely love all the trails, beach spots, and animals you can find in the park. On top of that there are numerous things you could do in the park. You could visit the duck pond, get a snack down at the boathouse and marina, go for a run on 5 mile drive, take your dogs to the dog park, visit Fort Nisqually, the list truly goes on. I never cease to find a new adventure while in the park. My main adventure in the park however is at school. SAMi lives within Point Defiance and I couldn't be luckier to go to school in the woods.
A website created by Andrew
I am a Senior at the Science and Math Institute (SAMI). This website is just a collection of my favorite food places around Tacoma and some cool places around Point Defiance Park
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Boba tea, similar to ones from BobaLust Tea House in Tacoma
Before shutdowns, I often went here for their tasty drinks and personally, my favorite order is the blended vanilla with orange. So yeah, if you just finished studying or you're in Downtown from Miniterm or Microterm, I would stop by here to try it out.
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Picture of inside the restaurant with various side dishes and meats
This place is quite expensive with 25 dollars per person, but it's a all-you-can-eat buffet! Used to be my favorite BBQ place because it was so conveniently near my house but now I have a secret Korean BBQ place elsewhere. I shall not reveal. However, I still recommend this place because the staff and food quality is great!
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Picture of Pho Bo Vien (meatball)
I grew up eating at this restaurant. It has gone through new ownership but the food is still great! I always order Pho Bo Vien with Chicken since those are my favorite meats. In addition, their avocado bubble tea is the best and it was the original boba drink I grew up with. I haven't ate here since lockdown but i'm excited to drink their bubble tea again once lockdown are over.
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Upper entrance tothe Environmental Learning Center
Well, the ELC is where I spent alot of my time at school. I eat here and talk to my friends here. Shoot, this is where I filmed alot of videos because the building is nice and cozy. I guess the reason why this place is in my collection of favorite places is because I love the fact it was SAMI's first building and it's super cool. Plus, the building is connected to the ZOO?!
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Sami is a high school in Tacoma District that works together with the zoo to teach kids. Sami stands for Science And Math Institude that teach the students about environmental science and many other intresting subjects. Some students struggle with adjusting to how this school works or even those that been here for years. This website will give you basic idea of what SAMI is and how it works.
If you have a car and can drive contact your mentor and ask for the special form about where to park your car or if you have any requirments you want taken care of ask your mentor.
SAMI 2021 schedule looks a little bit weird. It is hybrid between online learning and in-person school. Personally not a big fan of online learning but I'm happy to visit the park again and just see people again. The school divided students into 2 cohorts A and B, Cohort A go to school on Monday and Thursday while Cohort B goes on Tuesday and Friday. Everyone does mentor group on the computer on Wednesday. Point Defience park is really a beatiful place and really big, you can spent alot of time going from class to class and enjoy the nature.
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Point Defience Park (External Link)
Point Defience is a large urban park that has many unique interesting spots that anybody can visit. Point Defience has gardens, trails, vantage points, and a boat house. Its a really big park and its really green you feel like you walk into a forest. There is also a zoo thats connected to SAMI.
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Point defience zoo is a really popular place in Tacoma. There are alot of diffent type of animals and many diffentrent activities to do in the zoo. The zoo is also combined with a aquarium mixed with gardens. Right next to the entrance of the zoo there is one of SAMI's buildings, my high school!
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to find out more about SAMI, heres a link
